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p.1 #1 · Printing existing images to new size...

Hope I can explain this..no wonder I cant figure out how to do it..

here goes..

as an example...image size is 8 x 10

I am making pages for a preexisting 'book' size is 4 3/8 X 8 5/8..

When I change canvas size the image of course cropped..

When I tried creating a new document 4 3/8 x 8 5/8 and dragging the 'old' image in..the same cropping occurs.

I know there will be large borders around the image and that's fine..

So confused..trouble even writing the problem..

Any help appreciated!

Edited on Feb 17, 2008 at 08:29 PM

Feb 17, 2008 at 08:29 PM

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p.1 #2 · Printing existing images to new size...

The problem is that the two crops are not the same proportions / shape.

If you crop the 10 inch dimension to fit the 8.625 inch size then the image would be 6.9inches wide and parts of the image will be lost.

if you crop the 8 inch dimension to fit the 4.375 you will wind up with an image which is only 5.469 high but it will contain the whole image.

Assuming your are printing at 300 ppi your 8 x 10 image would be 2400 x 3000 pixels

http://super.nova.org/EDITS/Scale1.jpg

So the first thing you need to do is scale the 8 inch width to fit 4.375 inches:

http://super.nova.org/EDITS/Scale2.jpg

Next to fit the page height you need to increase the canvas size of the scaled 4.375 x 5.469 image to 8.625 by increasing the canvas size:
http://super.nova.org/EDITS/Scale3.jpg

What you will wind up with is your photo dimension (showing in red) centered in 4.375 x 8.625 page:

http://super.nova.org/EDITS/Scale4.jpg

Edited on Feb 17, 2008 at 09:55 PM

Feb 17, 2008 at 09:53 PM

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p.1 #3 · Printing existing images to new size...

Thank you for taking the time for that!

Trying it now..still trying to get my brain around what i am doing but this is a great start..

thanks again.

Feb 17, 2008 at 10:41 PM

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p.1 #4 · Printing existing images to new size...

I might want to make the image even smaller within the 4 3/8 x 8 5/8 page size..Any way to print crop marks so that I can cut to that size?

sorry to keep asking questions.

Feb 17, 2008 at 10:44 PM

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p.1 #5 · Printing existing images to new size...

Just scale it to whatever size you want in the first scaling step (i.e. use 4" wide instead of 4.375). When you increase the canvas size it will put equal margins on each side.

Feb 17, 2008 at 10:48 PM

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p.1 #6 · Printing existing images to new size...

Got it! Thank you very much..I am shooting at this cool jazz club and found these books the owner had made..they are like mini menu's wrapped in leather with each page perfect to mount a photograph..

I took a couple and am making him mini print books of works I have shot and framed at the club..

He's gonna flip!

Thanks again for the assist!

Feb 18, 2008 at 12:06 AM


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